Example sentences of "been [adv] at [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 2 | Jean , surely , had been here at the time of the murder . |
| 3 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 4 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
| 5 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |